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10th Grade Word List
This is the 1st vocabulary list of the SY13-14 for Mrs. Sandra Oliver's class.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abjure | recant; renounce |
| Abrogate | abolish |
| Abstemious | characterized by abstinence or moderation |
| Acumen | keenness of judgment |
| Antebellum | belonging to a period before the U.S. Civil War |
| Auspicious | showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious |
| Belie | to show to be false; contradict |
| Bellicose | warlike |
| Bowdlerize | to remove offensive material; expurgate |
| Chromosome | DNA strand carrying genetic data |
| Circumlocution | wordy, evasive speech |
| Deciduous | shedding foliage at the end of a season |
| Diffident | shy; timid |
| Enervate | to weaken |
| Enfranchise | to endow with the rights of citizens |
| Epiphany | a sudden insight |
| Equinox | one of two times annually when day and night are approximately equal |
| Euro | European |
| Evanescent | vanishing; fading away |